Single-Use Insights

What Are You Really Outsourcing When Using Single-Use Systems?

The benefits of utilizing single-use systems (SUS) within the biopharmaceutical industry are well documented in the popular press and heralded at many conferences. At a fundamental level, they present exciting and often unprecedented opportunities in terms of increased productivity, the ability to make rapid capacity adjustments and lower the overall costs of manufacturing. However, what an end-user is effectively outsourcing when they choose to include single-use assemblies within a given process step, or as the scope of their implementation broadens to include an entire process, must be considered. As single-use adoption has advanced from a curiosity to an implemented business reality for many pharmaceutical companies over the past decade, it’s relevant to explore a few key concepts that should be addressed. By Max Blomberg and Christian Julien, Meissner Filtration Products

Greater Loading Capacity And Resolution For Improved Productivity In Peptide Purification

Peptide therapeutics have been recognized as delivering the best of both worlds in terms of small molecule synthesis efficiency and biologics efficacy and reduced toxicity. However, challenges in mass production and low oral availability have historically made them less than ideal drug candidates. Recent advances in peptide synthesis technologies now enable manufacturing of complex peptides on a very large scale. In addition, emerging formulation and drug delivery technologies have improved the potency and oral delivery of peptide therapeutics. By Dr. Reno Nguyen, Scott Anderson, Dr. Chitra Sundararajan, Dennis McCreary and Dr. Jochen Saar

Thermo Scientific Hyclone Displays Single-Use Bioreactors At INTERPHEX 2011 Thermo Scientific Hyclone demonstrated its single-use bioreactors at INTERPHEX 2011.

EMD Millipore Finding An Alternative To Recycle Waste In Life Sciences A big concern is how waste is being disposed of in the Life Sciences Industry.

Culture Of Adherent Cells On Microcarriers In The Wave Bioreactor The WAVE Bioreactor™ was originally designed for suspension cultures of human, animal, plant and insect cells, as well as for bacterial and fungal cultures. However, it has recently been suggested that it may be suitable also for adherent cell cultures using microcarriers.